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    The important part in my opinion is not tracking (which already exists, though somewhat hidden), but enabling the community to add and remove those without moderator intervention. Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 13:54
  • Mind if I add some stuff about the Insufficient Explanation notice to this request in addition to citation needed? That would make my post notices post redundant Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 14:43
  • @BenBrocka fine by me Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 14:50
  • We use the Citation needed banner quite extensively on skeptics, I worry that I slap the notice on but forget to go back and review for possible banner removal or post deleteion. +1 Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 15:33
  • @Jamiec my concerns are both this and the fact that the current system really doesn't scale. Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 15:35
  • @Jamiec I actually use it and insufficient explanation a lot on UX, so it's not just Skeptics either. On UX there are many posts that present an idea without the "why" which justifies it. There's lots of possible answers to any UX question but without research or explanation it's hard to consider an answer useful or not so those answers aren't good, but they're not quite insta-delete worthy either. Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 15:59
  • I think the most logical userflow here is to do things the way we are with 'on hold' questions now; you add the post notice, and if the post gets edited it gets put into this queue to see if the banner should be removed or should remain. The linked feature requests mentions doing so after 14 days, but I don't think that makes sense; if no change has been made to the post, it doesn't need to be reviewed again. What do you all think? Commented Jul 20, 2013 at 2:36
  • This should also link into the - Move position of post notices on answers request as that is a bugbear of mine. Commented Jul 22, 2013 at 9:19
  • I like this, provided that the notices eventually expire and go away regardless if they're actually reviewed or action taken. Backlogs being one thing, and a series of skips being another - but I think that could be solved in implementation. Commented Jul 23, 2013 at 18:44